"The Cubs have been a legend for years. Nothing to do with baseball. You have to understand that. The Cubs' popularity had nothing whatsoever to do with baseball. It's a place to come to as, say, the Air Show is, the Auto Show, the Art Institute. It's a place to be at, and many have come from suburbs and nearby towns. It's not really baseball. It's a place to be at. We see that with the bimbos and the louts and the Bud Lights.

I don't want to glorify the old days because they weren't that good, either, but when you went to see the Sox, at least it was a ballgame." -- Studs Terkel to the Tribune's Steve Rosenbloom.

:D: :D:

Lip

The Racehorse

04-16-2006, 01:29 PM

"The Cubs have been a legend for years. Nothing to do with baseball. You have to understand that. The Cubs' popularity had nothing whatsoever to do with baseball. It's a place to come to as, say, the Air Show is, the Auto Show, the Art Institute. It's a place to be at, and many have come from suburbs and nearby towns. It's not really baseball. It's a place to be at. We see that with the bimbos and the louts and the Bud Lights.

I don't want to glorify the old days because they weren't that good, either, but when you went to see the Sox, at least it was a ballgame." -- Studs Terkel to the Tribune's Steve Rosenbloom.

:D: :D:

Lip

LOL... that should be power-drilled-etched onto Mt Rushmore with 50' font! :rolling:

The Racehorse

04-16-2006, 01:52 PM

You know who was a great story? Moe Berg. He could catch. He was so-so. But he was a linguist. He worked in the Army to do some decoding. He could speak about seven languages, so one of the writers wrote: "He could speak in seven languages, but couldn't catch in one."

^Another gem from the Studs interview^ :cool:

Moe Berg was also a spy for the OSS & CIA. link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Berg)

Layla

04-16-2006, 05:49 PM

Truer words have never been spoken.

viagracat

04-16-2006, 06:04 PM

Man, he's almost 94 and still has it all together. Done so much in his life. I wanna be like Studs when I grow up...:smile:

PaleHoseGeorge

04-16-2006, 07:00 PM

Presumably nobody will accuse Studs Terkel of being "flubsessed." Maybe we should send him a WSI t-shirt. He seems to "get it."

:cool:

MrRoboto83

04-16-2006, 08:01 PM

". It's a place to be at, and many have come from suburbs and nearby towns. ." -- Studs Terkel to the Tribune's Steve Rosenbloom.

He forgot to mention Charter Buses from Iowa.:redneck

Railsplitter

04-16-2006, 08:28 PM

He forgot to mention Charter Buses from Iowa.:redneck

Iowa and beyond, for the Cable Carpetbaggers.

Lip Man 1

04-16-2006, 09:45 PM

George:

That's a GREAT idea! I'll see if I can get a mailing address for you.

Lip

chidonez

04-16-2006, 09:48 PM

The Cubs' popularity had nothing whatsoever to do with baseball. It's a place to come to as, say, the Air Show is, the Auto Show, the Art Institute. It's a place to be at, and many have come from suburbs and nearby towns. It's not really baseball. It's a place to be at. We see that with the bimbos and the louts and the Bud Lights.

Another good one:

You know who was a great story? Moe Berg. He could catch. He was so-so. But he was a linguist. He worked in the Army to do some decoding. He could speak about seven languages, so one of the writers wrote: "He could speak in seven languages, but couldn't catch in one.